if the world is not safe for babies you are never going to get a democracy worth having.

You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your soul's own doing.

An impersonal and scientific knowledge of the structure of our bodies is the surest safeguard against prurient curiosity and lascivious gloating.

A modern and humane civilization must control conception or sink into barbaric cruelty to individuals.

People who know the truth have no business to allow the powers of darkness to silence them on any point that matters.

Every heart desires a mate.

Each coming together of man and wife, even if they have been mated for many years, should be a fresh adventure; each winning should necessitate a fresh wooing.

I’m a liar and a cheat and a coward, but I will never, ever, let a friend down. Unless of course not letting them down requires honesty, fair play, or bravery.

All she wanted was sax.

I grew up in a small village close to a big lake. There are heavy winds there, and they always sound different. I like these sounds best.

The fact that a trick fooled you is not enough reason to perform it.

A plea for the spinning wheel is a plea for recognizing the dignity of labour.

I want blood, guts, and chocolate cake.

Don't speak to fools, they scorn the wisdom of your words.

Colour is the touch of the eye, Music to the deaf, A word out of darkness.

There is no shame in my saying that we all want to be loved.

I was informed yesterday that there's a Twitter account for my laugh. Very hard to get used to things like that. Pretty amazing.